Doctors rally for stroke care awareness
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‘Treatment highly dependent on reaching the hospital’
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‘Treatment highly dependent on reaching the hospital’ Two neurologists from the Apollo Speciality Hospitals in Vanagaram completed a 2,000 km motorcycle rally to raise awareness on importance of time in stroke care.
The doctors, Prabash and Arunkumar, took part in the road show from Chennai to Kanniyakumari from December 12 to 15.
C. Sylendra Babu, Director-General of Police, Railways, on Wednesday felicitated the doctors on completion of the rally.
The treatment for stroke is dependent on the “time of presentation” to a hospital. If a patient with ischemic stroke is brought within 4.5 hours, the patient can get clot bursting medication (thrombolysis). If there is a demonstrable clot in the angiogram and if the patient is brought to the centre in six hours, then he/she is eligible for thrombectomy, in which the clot is removed mechanic
Patient suffering from Parkinson s disease gets relief
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A 61-year-old man, who was suffering from Parkinson s disease for the past few years, got relief through an implant at Apollo Speciality Hospitals here.
Speaking to reporters, the doctors said he was given Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS), sort of ‘pacemaker’ for the brain, similar to the pacemaker of the heart. It involves transmitting certain electrodes in parts of the brain which regulate electrical impulses to neutralise abnormal impulses that cause motor movement disorders.
The amount of stimulation is controlled by a pacemaker-type device installed under the skin of the chest which is connected to the electrodes through wires that travel under the skin.